Sarah dies at Kiriath Arba — that is, Hebron — in Canaan, and Abraham comes to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. The mourning is recorded simply — Abraham comes, mourns, weeps. The man who has received the promises and built the altars and raised the knife on Moriah now weeps over his wife. The grief is real. John 11:35 records Jesus weeping at Lazarus's tomb. The God who becomes human knows this grief. The application: the life of faith does not protect you from grief. The covenant person weeps. The weeping is not faithlessness; it is love.

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